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2014 OHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament Coverage
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Division II
This Div. II state title game would be decided between two undefeated teams for the first time since 1995, when St. Bernard Roger Bacon defeated Elida. Archbishop Alter entered the title game 29-0 as the Associated Press No. 2 team in the state. Alter ends its season 29-1 with its school's second state runner-up trophy (2014, 2010). West Holmes, Associated Press No. 1, finishes its season 29-0 and wins its fourth state championship (2014, 1986, '85, '84).
Alter started the game with a 7-0 lead and led 7-5 after the first quarter. West Holmes outscored Alter 18-7 in the second quarter to lead 23-14 at halftime and never looked back.
West Holmes was led by senior Paiten Strother with 18 points and four rebounds. Senior Emily Molnar added 15 points. Senior Laina Snyder dominated the boards, pulling down 11 rebounds in the game.
Alter was led by freshman Libby Bazelak with 16 points and four rebounds.
West Holmes was 23 of 25 at the free throw line. Its 23 made free throws sets a new Div. II championship game record. With Alter shooting 13 of 18 from the free throw line, the combined 34 made free throws in a Div. II championship game sets a new record as well.
Division IV
Division III
Division I
Senior Carlie Pogue scored 17 points for
Princeton and brought down 14 rebounds. Pogue's 14 rebounds ties the
record for most rebounds in a Div. I championship game (three others
with 14).
2014 Girls Basketball State Tournament Pairings All Games at Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center The Ohio State University, Columbus Home teams listed first
Division I Cin. Princeton (26-2) vs. Toledo Notre Dame Academy (24-3), Friday, March 14, 6 p.m. North Canton Hoover (25-2) vs. Dublin Coffman (22-6), Friday, March 14, 8 p.m. Div. I State Championship: Saturday, March 15, 8:30 pm
Division II Toledo Rogers (24-4) vs. Kettering Arch. Alter (28-0), Thursday, March 13, 1 pm Millersburg West Holmes (27-0) vs. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (25-2), Thursday, March 13, 3 pm Div. II State Championship: Saturday, March 15, 10:45 am
Division III Smithville (26-2) vs. Cols. Africentric (24-3), Friday, March 14, 1 pm Proctorville Fairland (22-3) vs. Versailles (23-3), Friday, March 14, 3 pm Div. III State Championship: Saturday, March 15, 5:15 pm
Division IV Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans (26-1) vs. Holgate (23-4), Thursday, March 13, 6 pm Reedsville Eastern (25-1) vs. Fort Loramie (26-2), Thursday, March 13, 8 pm Div. IV State Championship: Saturday, March 15, 2 pm
2014 Girls Basketball State Tournament Preview
Of the 800 high schools in Ohio that play girls basketball, 16 are still practicing as state tournament qualifiers in the 39th Annual OHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament, which tips off Thursday afternoon at Value City Arena inside the Jerome Schottenstein Center.
This year marks the 14th year that the state tournament has been held at Value City Arena, the home of the Ohio State Buckeyes. The divisional order of play in 2014 is II, IV, III and I. The Division II and IV semifinals are Thursday, followed by the Division III and I semifinals on Friday. The semifinals are played as double-header sessions beginning at 1 p.m. or 6 p.m., while the championship games on Saturday are separate sessions, with tip times at 10:45 a.m., 2 p.m., 5:15 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Division I Princeton, which ended the season ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press state poll and beat defending state champion Kettering Fairmont in the regional semifinals, won a state title in 1987 when the Vikings made their only state tournament appearance prior to this weekend. Seventh-ranked Notre Dame Academy is making its third-straight appearance in the Final Four, falling in the semifinals in 2012 and 2013. ND beat fourth-ranked Wadsworth in the regional final.
Like Princeton, Hoover also won a state title in its only previous trip to the state tournament, that coming in 2002. The Vikings were ranked fifth in the final AP state poll. Unranked Coffman is making the first girls basketball state tournament appearance of any of the three Dublin high schools. The Shamrocks beat 10th-ranked Reynolsburg in the regional finals.
Division II Rogers, unranked in the final AP state poll, is making its first trip to the state tournament. The Lady Rams beat ninth-ranked Lima Bath in the regional semifinals. Second-ranked Alter is making its fifth and first since 2010 when the Knights were state runner-up. Top-ranked West Holmes, a three-time state champion (1983, 1984 and 1985) is back in the Final Four for the eighth time and was the state runner-up last year. Fifth-ranked St. Vincent-St. Mary, also a three-time title winner (1979, 1980, 1995), returns for the sixth time.
Division III Unranked Smithville is back in the state tournament for the third time in the last five years and the fifth time overall. The Smithies fell in the semifinals in their previous four appearances. Eighth-ranked Africentric was the state runner-up last year and has played in the state championship game all five time the Nubians have reached the state tournament, winning three state championships. They beat fourth-ranked Archbold in the regional semifinals.
Unranked Fairland is in the state tournament for the first time, while ninth-ranked Versailles is back for the sixth time (first since 2009) and owns one state title (2008). The Tigers beat fifth-ranked Miami East in the regional semifinals.
Division IV In the 1980s and 1990s, Rosecrans made 10 state tournaments, winning it all in 1982, 1983 and 1992. The third-ranked Bishops are back for the first time since 1998 for the school�s 11th Final Four appearance. Holgate, unranked in the final AP poll, is back for the fourth time and took home the runner-up trophy in each of its three previous trips.
No. 1-ranked Eastern made its first Final Four appearance last year and the Lady Eagles are back in 2014 after topping second-ranked Newark Catholic in the regional finals. They face defending state champion Fort Loramie in the state semifinals. The ninth-ranked Redskins are back for the ninth time overall, including four of the last five years.
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